Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross 1939, Alternative 1957 Version Archive He later became an honourary

He later became an honourary member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and was its president from 1936 to 1944

40 mm x 69 mm

49mm (nearly 2 inches in diameter)

The certificate is dated to Dresden on June 26

on loop for suspension - maker marked “65” for “Klein & Quenzer

Germany, Federal Republic. A Knight’s Cross Of The Iron Cross 1939, Alternative 1957 Version Archive He later became an honourary(Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939, 1957 Version). A cross patte of multi piece construction with a silver frame (marked 800 on the reverse) and a blackened non magnetic core; the obverse with a raised central oak branch consisting of three leaves, with the re institution date 1939 in raised numbering on the lower arm; the reverse dated 1813 on the six oclock arm; suspended from a double looped broad ring for suspension; with a shortened period